Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: The company considers that the lack of access to the sea may increase the costs of lithium and points out that the country must promote industrialization and, at the same time, redevelop the hydrocarbon sector. The Lithium Carbonate Industrial Plant inaugurated in December 2023, in Colcha K. Photo: MHE. While…
Tag: state-owned failures
Social bonds must be eliminated | Los bonos sociales deben eliminarse
Antonio Saravia, El Deber: The state spent over a billion dollars in 2023 financing five social bonds: the Dignity Income, the Juana Azurduy bond, the universal prenatal bond, the Juancito Pinto bond, and the bond for severely disabled people. Of these, the one requiring the most disbursements was the Dignity Income, costing $922 million, which…
The state never helps… | El estado jamás ayuda…
Editorial, El Dia: The state enjoys good press because it helps, provides assistance, distributes wealth, and seeks social justice, but these are just good intentions. The reality is very different because it ends up generating more poverty than before, discourages production, and above all, harms the neediest. The harm of state aid is especially evident…
Concession and closure of state-owned companies will generate savings for the country | Concesión y cierre de empresas estatales generará ahorro al país
El Diario: Economist argues that it will allow reducing fiscal deficit With the aim of reducing the fiscal deficit in the country’s economy, which for the current management will be 7.80% with respect to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), economist Darío Monasterio proposes to apply a system of concession of works for the private sector…
Bolivia, Facing a Fatal Hope | Bolivia, ante una esperanza fatal
Oscar Antezana Malpartida, El Dia: A common practice of socialist systems is to imprison political opponents or individuals inconvenient to the rulers, often without demonstrating their guilt. Other opponents are eliminated. Socialist rulers build their power on two foundations: fear and greed. In these countries, everyone can be bribed or threatened. In this sense, corruption…
Seven Urgent Liberal Reforms | Siete reformas liberales de urgencia
Antonio Saravia, Brujula DIgital: Today concludes three unforgettable weeks. For most of February, and just as we did last June, we toured several cities in the country talking about liberalism. Once again, we shook up the board and shifted the ideological needle by proposing measures to pull the country out of crisis and decisively set…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 